Mary Moran (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I hope we will return to this topic. Terrific work is being done in schools and there are terrific teachers who deal with this problem above and beyond their duty. They are often not the SPHE or CSPE teachers. Teachers should not be obliged to teach CSPE or SPHE just because there is a gap in the timetable. Schools sometimes see it as a weakness if bullying is identified in their pupils. It should be seen as a sign of strength that a school is facing up to the fact that there is bullying and that the school is doing something about it.